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What to know about how Trump's executive order will affect American education
While big questions about the agency’s future remain unanswered, here is everything to know about its history, and some of the plans conservatives have pushed for dismantling it.
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Trump signs executive order shuttering the Department of Education
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to close the Department of Education.
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Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department.
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Georgetown University graduate student detained by immigration authorities
Federal immigration authorities have detained a Georgetown University graduate student from India who was teaching at the Washington institution on a student visa, his attorney said Wednesday. Masked agents arrested the graduate student, Badar Khan Suri, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, attorney Hassan Ahmad said. The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland...
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Live updates: Trump signs executive order aimed at shuttering the Education Department
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Education Department. Follow along for live updates.
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Trump is planning to order a shutdown of the Education Department. Here's what it does
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.
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Trump to sign executive order calling for shutdown of Education Department
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department.
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Latest batch of JFK assassination documents show Kennedy's distrust of the CIA
The newly released tranche of documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy includes a memo that for decades helped fuel speculation that the CIA was somehow involved in the killing of the president.
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Feds order Maine to ban trans athletes from women's sports or risk funds, prosecution
A U.S. Department of Education investigation concluded that Maine’s education office violated the Title IX antidiscrimination law by allowing transgender girls play on girls’ sports teams and use girls’ sports facilities.
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Fishermen aim for sustainability but face setbacks from DOGE cuts
Commercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors seeking to convert to new, lower-carbon emission systems say they are finding federal funding they were counting on for the work is frozen or unavailable in the wake of sweeping budget cuts touted by President Donald Trump. The systems are designed to replace old diesel-burning engines and outdated at-sea cooling systems. The changes...
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Trump administration pauses $175M in funding to UPenn over trans athlete policy
The Trump administration is pausing $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its transgender athlete policies, the White House announced Wednesday in a post on X.
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Jackie Robinson's Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge
At least one website about Robinson, who trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II, was reinstated Wednesday afternoon.
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Families of deported Venezuelans are distraught their loved ones were sent to El Salvador
The White House has invoked the Alien Enemies Act and alleged that those who were removed were linked to a gang, a claim their families strongly reject.
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Vermont breweries, maple syrup maker among businesses impacted by tariffs on Canada
Business owners from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border gathered Tuesday in Vermont to share how the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have affected their industries. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and repeated comments that Canada should become the 51st state have infuriated Canadians, and many are boycotting American goods in response. “What’s going on in Canada is without precedent....
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Government releases classified JFK assassination documents
The National Archives and Records Administration posted more than 63,000 pages of files relating to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Tuesday night.
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights.
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Federal judge blocks Trump admin from banning transgender people from military service
A federal judge has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
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Trump policies ‘promise' an economic downturn, says prominent forecaster in first-ever ‘recession watch'
The UCLA Anderson Forecast, citing substantial changes to the economy from policies of the Trump administration, issued its first-ever “recession watch” on Tuesday.
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Uncertainty on immigration leads Boston school to suspend study abroad programs
With President Donald Trump’s immigration policy leading to concern among international students, Bunker Hill Community College says it is making changes to protect the safety of students and staff
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Bunker Hill Community College suspends study abroad programs
The Trump administration’s immigration policy is prompting concerns about international travel among schools and students.